Recovery Video What helps you stay Present when restlessness hits?

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What helps you stay present when restlessness hits?

Restlessness is often the beginning of relapse.
Not the substance.
Not the craving.
But the internal agitation — the discomfort we want to escape.

In this video, I explore real responses from members of our addiction recovery community to the question:

“What helps you stay present when restlessness hits?”

Some of the powerful responses included:

• Reading Chapter 9 of the Basic Text
• Calling a sponsor and asking for help
• Three deep conscious breaths
• A two-minute prayer
• Gratitude lists
• Nature walks
• The Word of God
• Remembering that impulses pass if we don’t engage them

As a Consultant Psychiatrist working in addiction treatment, I see this clinically every day:

Relapse rarely begins with the substance.
It begins with restlessness.

In this video, we unpack:

Why impulses feel overwhelming

The neurobiology of urges

The role of prayer, breath, and connection

Why “borrowing hope” works

And how presence disrupts relapse cycles

Addiction recovery is not just about stopping use.
It’s about learning how to stay when discomfort shows up.

If you’re in recovery — or supporting someone who is — this conversation matters.

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